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It’s better to give full effort half the day and then be done. I'm curious to hear thoughts from others on their personal definition of 'done' for a given 'day

by dvtrn 5y ago

It’s better to give full effort half the day and then be done. I'm curious to hear thoughts from others on their personal definition of 'done' for a given 'day'. I've felt 'done' plenty of times, but dared not stray too far into enjoying it because I usually (almost always) get pinged for something.

nwb 5y ago
Honestly, I feel mentally done after sitting on calls for 5hrs in the morning. By the time I get to the afternoon, any energy I would have had for coding or research is gone. I'll typically pickup a small bug to fix or work on something brainless, and call it a day. Agree though, someone always pings for something, so that is what I'll do for remainder of day. The meetings in the morning are a really killer though - offshore team + 2 daily stand-ups + scrum of scrums, it's got me drained and looking for another gig. Great crede though. Lots of good nuggets that made me reflect. Reminded me a tiny bit of Naval.
- dvtrn 5y ago
  The meetings in the morning are a really killer though - offshore team + 2 daily stand-ups + scrum of scrums, it's got me drained and looking for another gig. I empathize. A prior job had me hopping from call to call from 7 to 1 during the pandemic, then I'd spend a couple of hours helping my team triage, putting out project fires, babysitting slack, barely finding time to do any actual engineering because I was an EM that was also expected to IC tickets (something I asked about in the interview and had such a different experience than the one I was informed of that it feels now like a complete lie). I was ending days with throbbing headaches. Thankfully that chapter is closed. That said, I don't know that I necessarily agree with EVERYTHING of this creed, but it's got me wondering if its beyond time I wrote one of my own. For that I tip a hat to the author.

by dvtrn 5y ago

nwb 5y ago

Honestly, I feel mentally done after sitting on calls for 5hrs in the morning. By the time I get to the afternoon, any energy I would have had for coding or research is gone. I'll typically pickup a small bug to fix or work on something brainless, and call it a day. Agree though, someone always pings for something, so that is what I'll do for remainder of day. The meetings in the morning are a really killer though - offshore team + 2 daily stand-ups + scrum of scrums, it's got me drained and looking for another gig. Great crede though. Lots of good nuggets that made me reflect. Reminded me a tiny bit of Naval.

dvtrn 5y ago
The meetings in the morning are a really killer though - offshore team + 2 daily stand-ups + scrum of scrums, it's got me drained and looking for another gig. I empathize. A prior job had me hopping from call to call from 7 to 1 during the pandemic, then I'd spend a couple of hours helping my team triage, putting out project fires, babysitting slack, barely finding time to do any actual engineering because I was an EM that was also expected to IC tickets (something I asked about in the interview and had such a different experience than the one I was informed of that it feels now like a complete lie). I was ending days with throbbing headaches. Thankfully that chapter is closed. That said, I don't know that I necessarily agree with EVERYTHING of this creed, but it's got me wondering if its beyond time I wrote one of my own. For that I tip a hat to the author.